Who Was Alive

Were Hans Christian Ørsted and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Hans Christian Ørsted and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1809 to 1851.

Hans Christian Ørsted was 31 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 42 when Hans Christian Ørsted died, aged 73.

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist

Born 14 August 1777 · died 9 March 1851, aged 73

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Hans Christian Ørsted
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Hans Christian Ørsted and Abraham Lincoln in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.